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BELL v. STATE OF GEORGIA

No. 76-3165.

554 F.2d 1360 (1977)

Barrington B. BELL, Petitioner-Appellee, v. STATE OF GEORGIA, Joseph S. Hopper, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Chambers, Deputy Atty. Gen., John W. Dunsmore, Jr., John C. Walden, Sr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Robert S. Stubbs, II, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondents-appellants.

Robert H. Stroup, Atlanta, Ga. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellee.

Before WISDOM, SIMPSON and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The petitioner was convicted in Georgia state court of armed robbery for which he received a sentence of nine years imprisonment. After exhausting state remedies, he applied for federal habeas corpus relief in the United States District Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Following an evidentiary hearing, the district court held that the conviction was constitutionally infirm on the basis of denial of effective assistance of court-appointed counsel...

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